Sweet Potato Fries with a Wasabi-Pea Dip

sBaked Sweet Potato Fries with a Wasabi-Pea Dip is a healthy and dynamic duo of colors and flavors. The sweetness of the fries balance to perfection the spicy green wasabi-pea dip.

A truly odd combination for some but once you get your head around it and jump in and try it out… you’ll never go back to normal fries with ketchup. Sweet potato and wasabi is a match made in heaven, a bit like in the movie Ratatouille when the rat mix up the mushroom and the cheese and it become exponentially delicious, well it’s also the case for this combination. At first I was hesitant about the mix too, and I could not have been more wrong. On my first bite I’ve started to be obsess with it! I’m a “savoury person” and sweet potatoes never really appealed to me until I discovered this wasabi trick. Plus, I’m not even a big fan of wasabi, but with those fries… it’s a whole new story!

The combination come from a friend of my husband which learned it from an Australian Chef he met while travelling. The guys is not particularly into food but he was high on showing us this “one” discovery he did. I remember thinking; not wasabi… and it turned out surprisingly into one of the best combination I’ve had in years. Today I’m thankful he show us this match of ingredients, just like you will toward me soon.

For the green dip, I’ve used the idea of the traditional British fish and chips dip and used green peas, they help balance the spicy wasabi and give this nice green color to the dip. Let’s just point it out, the whole dish is an ultra healthy variation on french fries because;

well no fatty mayo or sweet ketchup in the dip, solely yogurt, peas, lime and wasabi and it taste fantastic

the use of sweet potatoes which is slightly better than white ones because they contain lots of vitamin A, are higher in fibres and has a lower glycemic index

I absolutely adore sweet potato fries and always try to opt for them when french fries are served with the meal. Normally I have mine with ketchup but I’m loving the idea of the spicy kick the wasabi would provide. Definitely going to need to give this a try next time sweet potatoes are on the menu.

I’m 100% the same with sweet potato fries – I love sweet potato, but as fries they always seem too sweet! The wasabi dip sounds like it balances everything out really nicely, and I really want to try this!

This wasabi dip is such a great idea! Ive been dieting and getting so tired of the same old flavors…. this can be a dip for my celery and carrots, sweet potatoes, or as a spread with tuna for lunch. Cant wait to try this!